Food for the soul

During this day and age everyone is very body conscious, even if they do not show it. People struggle with eating disorders and other issues with food either continuously or from time to time. Everyone at least tries to watch what they are eating, tells themselves they will go on a diet, try to eat the right foods, or just the right amount of foods to help their body move from one day to the next. There are not as many people out there that know just the right way to care for their physical body with the right form of diet and exercise, and actually stick to it. I know it is a constant struggle for me.
But what about nourishing our Souls? Just like the body needs food for fuel, our Soul cries out for prayer and spiritual reading. How many people out there worry and think on this as much as they do their physical body.
I always feel good about myself when I take the time to think about what I am going to eat before I make a decision as to whether or not I should put the certain food in my body.
So, will your Soul feel better, if you take the time to think about what you are putting out in the universe and what you are putting into your Soul.
I try to read at least one passage from the Bible every night before I go to bed, and at least get in a faith-based book between my other reading. I also try to pray and reach out to The Lord as many times a day as possible. This coupled with trying, as best I can (hey, I'm not perfect), really thinking "What would Jesus do?" when it comes to making even the simplest decisions.
It is hard to explain the way this makes me feel. It is a lot more than just feeling like a huge weight has been lifted off of me. It is more like feeling at peace with myself, which is a feeling I very rarely felt before. It's like a diet for the Soul.
When I find myself going back to old/bad habits, like skipping Church because I'm "too tired", not reading the Bible because my Kindle broke and my physical Bible is in storage while my family looks for a new house, or not checking my actions (like thinking rude things about people I work with, those I don't know or sometimes my family when they do things that bother me for any reason), it's like I put on an extra couple of pounds to my Soul and some of the weight that was lifted comes back. Just like your body needs to be maintained and consciously looked after, so does your Soul.
It seems that this will be a constant struggle as I change the habits in my life. Just like diet and exercise, I know that I need to do this for my soul and it will be well worth the effort in the long run.

If there is anyone else out there who is reading this, or any of my future posts, and is either struggling with their faith and needs someone to share their fears and doubts with, or anyone who just wants to share words of encouragement and faith so that everyone can hear, please don't hesitate to leave a note on this blog. This is not just for me, but for anyone who needs to know that they are truly not alone out there and someone else may be going through the same things that they are now, or have gone through the same things in the past.

Thank you all of listening and Gold Bless!